that part, though on the surface meant to be funny, broke my heart
like, that part made me more uncomfortable than everything else
We know that Dipper has always had a very low self-esteem,
To see that his own twin sister, that he has “gone to hell heck and back” to rescue, has replaced him with a version that she thinks is perfect must have been heart breaking and terrifying.
That’s always personally been a huge fear for me, to be replaced by a better version of myself.
Not to mention dippy fresh was not at ALL like like the real Dipper. I could imagine he must of felt like that was her saying she was disappointing and unsatisfied with the real Dipper, like he wasn’t good enough
and that’s a terrifying thing, feeling that even the most important people in your life think you aren’t good enough, wish you were someone else
It’s no wonder Dipper hated Dippy Fresh so much
It was like looking at what people wished he was like and were disappointed he wasn’t this way
He’s just a 12 year old kid who has always felt he wasn’t good enough, Dippy Fresh was like the embodiment of that feeling
Ooc: I’m gonna be honest, I’m an introvert almost exactly like Dipdop there, and my sister often makes fun of my stuttering when I talk to people or criticizes the way I act. That makes my self-esteem worse, and it hurts, so when I saw that Mabel was doing the same thing to Dipper, while I laughed, I also felt really bad for him. I’d always been jealous of his positive relationship with his sibling, so seeing that even she could criticize him the same way my sister does was really depressing.
I caught onto this right away.
I literally was like ‘wtf’ out loud in shock/horror when I saw how different ‘Dippy Fresh’ was. With all the subtleties in the rest of the series… I dont think this was accidental.
Its a shame the series is ending, I would have liked to see the long term effects on both their relationship and Dippers mentality, when what he saw in Mables bubble had time to sink in.
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